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Man arrested for credit card fraud in Pelham

By Chris Lisinski, clisinski@lowellsun.com

Updated:
12/16/2016 01:09:40 PM EST

PELHAM, N.H. - Police in Pelham, N.H. arrested a New York man who allegedly tried to make a purchase with fraudulent credit cards and may be part of a larger credit-card fraud operation, according to a press release.

Pelham police have received several reports in the past week of fraudulent credit card activity, including two reported incidents at the Walgreens on Bridge Street. On Dec. 9 at 4:51 p.m., police received a call that the male suspect from those two previous incidents was attempting to purchase $450 in gift cards "possibly using cloned or stolen credit cards," the press release stated.

Police arrived at the scene and confirmed that Samuel Mbaba, 23, of Bronx, N.Y. was attempting to purchase gift cards using cloned credit cards. Mbaba had several other gift cards and credit cards in his possession. He was arrested at the scene and charged with theft of lost or mislaid property and receiving stolen property.

His vehicle, a black 2006 BMW 330I, was parked across the street, and police seized it. On Dec. 12, officers executed a search warrant and found numerous additional credit cards, gift cards, receipts from stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and two cell phones.

"This incident is likely tied to a larger scale operation of cloned credit cards and skimming devices that has hit this area," the Pelham press release stated.

Mbaba was released on $8,000 personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned at Salem District Court on Jan. 23, 2017 at 8 a.

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